Cellar or cistern drainer.



No. 699,959. Patented MayB, I902.

W. D. LABADIE.

CELLAR 0B GISTERN DRAINEB.

(Application .filed Jun. 7, 901.)

(No Model.)

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

WILLIAM D. LABADIE, OF SOUTH BEND, INDIANA, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-HALF TOJOSEPH G. DUCK, 'OF MILWAUKEE, WISCONSIN.

CELLAR OR CISTERN DRAINER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 699,959, dated May 13,190-2.

Application filed January 7, 1901. Serial No. 42,434. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, WILLIAMD. LABADIE, a citizen of the United States,residing at South Bend, in the county of St. Joseph and State ofIndiana, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Cellar orCistern Drainers; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full,clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enableothers to skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use thesame.

My invention relates to an improvement in cellar or cistern drainers;and its object is to produce a device of this character which [5 isportable, so that the same may be easily removed from and replaced incellarsor cisterns and which will automatically start into operationwhenever the water reaches a certain level and stop as soon as theheight of the water is lowered to a certain point.

My invention consists in a steam-pipe provided with a valve which isautomatically op erated by the rise and fall of a float connectedthereto, combined with a perforated chamher connected to the lower endof said pipe, a steam-injector placed therein, and the pipe for carryingaway the water, all of which is supported on a suitable base or standprovided With flat horizontal legs which are adapted to rest on thebottom of the cellar or cistern whereby the drainer may be removed andreplaced at will, as will be more fully described hereinafter. Y

The accompanying drawing represents a perspective of a device whichembodies my invention.

F represents a suitable base or stand which serves as a support for theoperating parts, and consists of two horizontal legs H H, connected tothe base of the ejecting-chamber E by the diverging arms L L, extendedfrom the ends of the legs, and which is to be placed in a hole or cavityin a cellar or cistern and into which hole or cavity the water isintended to be drained.

By providing the drainer with a stand having the long horizontal logsthe same is firmly supported in the cellar and may be easily removed orsubmerged in a well without dis lodging or removing the operating parts.to

The steam which is to operate the drainer enters through the pipe G,which is provided with a valve A at any suitable point and to whichvalve is connected a float B. Whenever the water reaches a certainpoint, it begins to raise the float, and thus open the valve, so thatthe steam flows freely through, and as soon as the water falls to apredetermined level the valve again closes and the operation of thedrainer instantly stops. The lower'end of the steam-pipe G is turnedupwardly and enters the chamber E of any suitable shape or size, andwhich is provided with 1 a series of perforations through its lower partto v freely admit the water. Inside of this 6 chamber and in thevertical pipe 0 are placed a suitable number of cones D, through whichthe Water is ejected from the chamber E by the steam which escapes fromthe lower end of the pipe G when the valve A is opened.

The apparatus above described is placed in a suitable recess or cavitywhich is formed especially for the purpose and in to which the waterdrains. If the water does not reach that level which will cause it tooperate the 7 5 float 13, no operation takes place; but as soon as thewater begins to operate the float B and opens the valve the drainer isautomatically brought into use, and all action ceases as soon as thewater is lowered to that point where the falling of the float B causesthe valve A to close, and thus shut off the flow of steam.

As the steam-pipe is connected with the boiler or other source ofsupply, the drainer is entirely automatic in its operation andrequiresno attention or watching.

Having thus described my invention, I claim In a drainer, thecombination of a vertical steam-inlet pipe having two right-angular 9obends to dispose its discharge end vertically upward and an automaticfloat-valve to control the supply of steam, astand having horizontallaterally-offset legs and converging ported on the stand whereby thedrainer is 10 portable.

In testimony whereof I aifix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

WILLIAM D. LAB ADIE.

Witnesses:

GEORGE OLTSCH, IIUGO OLTSCH.

